correct side drive in walnut creek. 7 news reporter laura thoyn has the story. >> it's fair to say they were concerned for their well-being. >> while releasing few details walnut creek police maintain the map shot and killed by the officers posed an immediate threat. it all started with nine 11 call from cell phone at 315 this morning. woman could be heard screaming in the background. when officers arrived at the diablo point apartments they were confronted by man armed with undisclosed weapon. >> they were forced to shoot the individual and that individual was pronounced deceased at the scene. >> really foreign to this area. >>reporter: neighbor wallace told 7 news he was asleep until he heard noises that he didn't medley recognize as gunshots. >> i was actually just woke up out of my sleep by the sound of so you knowed like banging. i didn't even know it was a gun. >>reporter: police say more than one officer was involved in the shooting. investigators would not reveal how many shots were fired or whether man had a gun or fired at police. the officers involved have been sequestered an